Also, the Cavs are getting dangerously close to being the third team in the Dewey - Nets deal, which would make them THE ONLY TEAM DUMB ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE BY OVERPAYING IMMENSELY FOR KRIS FUCKING HUMPHRIES WHO KSDFLKJSDFLKJSDF

This would also make not drafting T-Rob about four hundred times dumber and make not making offers to Batum/Gordon/Ryan Anderson even dumber.

Aldridge is awesome, as is Batum and they just drafted the best PG in the draft.

That said, you need a big defensive center near LA. He isn't bad, by any means, defensively but he is far more productive (especially on the P&R) with a stud d-minded center next time him, which he now doesn't have.

I got that from Woj, I don't know whether he was the first or not. If true, I can't see why Cleveland wouldn't do the trade. Richardson's deal is nothing to speak of ($2.68 mil in 12, $2.81 mil in 13) and if Humphries actually takes a one year deal, his acquisition is basically meaningless cap-wise.

(EDIT: I in no way mean to act as though it is a done deal, just the current structure as reported)

I personally am not very high on Lillard. Outside Aldridge, Batum, and an overpaid Wes Matthews, they have literally nobody on the team. Luke Babbit is likely going to get big minutes this year. Luke Babitt. Their HC is so green its good he's in Oregon. They have lots of flexibility and are always very active, but as currently constructed IMO they're headed for at best a 10 seed this year IMO. Not a great place to be.

Solid job by the Mavs. 2 new starters in 2 days (Darren Collison and Chris Kaman) plus Dahntay Jones is a solid bench piece. All 3 are signed for only 1 year, so all that salary cap space they were clearing for D-Will will be available in a year for say, a CP3. Its not often that a team improves so much in the short term without jeopardizing their long term flexibility. A+.

CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07! wrote:Solid job by the Mavs. 2 new starters in 2 days (Darren Collison and Chris Kaman) plus Dahntay Jones is a solid bench piece. All 3 are signed for only 1 year, so all that salary cap space they were clearing for D-Will will be available in a year for say, a CP3. Its not often that a team improves so much in the short term without jeopardizing their long term flexibility. A+.

I'll give the Mavs this: They didn't panic and sign someone like Lin to a max offer sheet. I know that doesn't sound like much, but there are a lot of GM's out there who would have, in that situation. Including Grant.

Kyrie seems to have a very positive take on Waiters according to Mary Kay Schmidt Boyer Cabbot in the local PD rag:

Here's a couple of his quotes about Dion:

He's an exciting player," Irving said as the Cavaliers prepared to open summer league practice on Friday. "You guys have no idea what we have. I have an idea just from high school and seeing him in college. He's a bulldog."

There are some other interesting quotes from Boeheim too.

Granted that Kyrie is not going to say anything bad about his new teammate Waiters but he seemed to go above and beyond the obligatory comments you sometimes here in situations like that.

Look, I hope they are right and I honestly hope Demps and NO fucked the Cavs here (the right two players, BTW went 1-3, something I had been harping on for MONTHS).

But damn if I'm not going to be staring at Beal for the next forever. I just hope T-Rob doesn't meet his potential, cause if he does.......

This team will be fast, strong and jump really high next year. No argument there. But if they can play hoops.....

And I'm doing my PG research right now (it's hot out so it's a Youtube day!). Have Kyrie at #7 post last season. He'll be 5b after this season, which is absurd. Also he is the first player with hand speed that actually compares to AI's (it isn't there) I've ever seen.

CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07! wrote:Solid job by the Mavs. 2 new starters in 2 days (Darren Collison and Chris Kaman) plus Dahntay Jones is a solid bench piece. All 3 are signed for only 1 year, so all that salary cap space they were clearing for D-Will will be available in a year for say, a CP3. Its not often that a team improves so much in the short term without jeopardizing their long term flexibility. A+.

And Brand. Crazy

Mark Cuban is a good recruiter. Pat Riley is as well. Dan Gilbert? Not so sure.

I don't need to be patient, they're going to be shit forever. - CDT, discussing my favorite NFL team

CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07! wrote:Solid job by the Mavs. 2 new starters in 2 days (Darren Collison and Chris Kaman) plus Dahntay Jones is a solid bench piece. All 3 are signed for only 1 year, so all that salary cap space they were clearing for D-Will will be available in a year for say, a CP3. Its not often that a team improves so much in the short term without jeopardizing their long term flexibility. A+.

And Brand. Crazy

AND Mayo. That's a playoff caliber starting 5, all picked up in the last week.

Funny Stuff.Andray BlatchePhil ChenierCartier MartinThat could have been an article about professional bowling and I may have recognized some more names. That Triple-Double Whore YouTube video is classic though.

Galley Boys are slop on top of a so-so burger and a bun you coulde get from a Covneninet food mart generic pack. They the Antoine Joubert of burgers; soft, sloppy, oozing grease and cheap sauce and extremely overrated by a biased fan base. Proof that if you throw enough cheap sauce shit on a burger you still can't overcome the lame burger. -JB

The Cavs will play the role of the Knicks in his last debacle. The team that makes everyone else slurp from his golden cup because he plays to their fans. Then he will sign with LA and partner up with Howard as Kobe retires.

Great. More of LeBron's high school posse continuing to ride his coattails and pretending to be big boys. I am sure some of these same posse members led to "the decision" debacle as well. Way to surround yourself with smart folks, LBJ.

And as far as him coming back. Never. Just another feeble attempt to try to get NEO to like him again.

"The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go." -- Winston Churchill

TBH, you're right. I only read the first handful of sentences before I got turned off to what I anticipated was more of the same posse jibberish. So Paul has gone against the fray and is the "mature" one of his posse. He was against "the decision" (circus) but not against the decision (going to Miami). Doesn't really change much in my opinion. LBJ will never come back to Cleveland. He will try to say the right things to smooth things over, but he ain't coming back.

"The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go." -- Winston Churchill

Honestly, what shocked me the most was that Paul had to go out on his own and let Gilbert know of LBJ's choice. Christ on a stick. It goes toward explaining Comic Sans (it doesn't remove the complete and utter childish ridiculousness of it though).

What happened to that "Pros" guy who used to come on here and say good things about the Cavs and even TT? Did he get banned for being an excessive homer or something?

Those threads always had good entertainment value - {Pros} " The Cav's looked pretty good today and TT had a +/- of +2 " {the rest of the board} "were we watching the same sport? The Cavs lost by 28 points to a lottery team, TT was 1-6 from the line and played 18 minutes against some stiff from Kazakstahn "

YahooFanChicago wrote:I noticed that it has been pretty slow and boring around here.

Well, it's the off-season.

What happened to that "Pros" guy who used to come on here and say good things about the Cavs and even TT? Did he get banned for being an excessive homer or something?

Not banned yet, sorry to report.

Those threads always had good entertainment value - {Pros} " The Cav's looked pretty good today and TT had a +/- of +2 " {the rest of the board} "were we watching the same sport? The Cavs lost by 28 points to a lottery team, TT was 1-6 from the line and played 18 minutes against some stiff from Kazakstahn "

Once they start playing games that count I might be able to provide a little entertainment. I'm going to stay away from the more controversial topics, though, like the value of +/- and the performance of a certain power forward. Sometimes things get a little too "entertaining". This year let somebody else be the straw that stirs the drink.

As for this year's Cavs, I'm reminded of the scene from "Hoosiers" where the team is introduced to the community at the start of the season and they start booing and chanting, "We want Jimmy" because the star player didn't come out for the team. The coach raises his hand for silence and says something like, "This is your team. We ask you to accept us for what we are and not reject us for what we are not".

e0y2e3 wrote:For all you fucks I tried to tell the Lockout results would end up breaking up OKC, Harden to Houston for Kevin Martin pretty much tells my story.

Fuck yall haters.

Now back to your regularly scheduled Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters watching......

Screw what it means for the NBA and OKC. What does it mean for James Harden? Those with him as a big part of a fantasy team are currently worried this totally freaks him out and he struggles being "the man". Thoughts?

He went 15th in my draft even before he was traded. Hard to see him going much higher than that, even AFTER the trade. About the only guys taken ahead of him that you can realistically jump him over now are Bynum and Aldridge. Not sure if that's typical of all leagues or just us though.